Meaning of Guru Ragavendra Swami Stotram / Guru Stotram / Sri Poornabodha Stotram

This post has the meaning of Guru Ragavendra Swami Stotram / Guru Stotram / Sri Poornabodha Stotram
                                                    Written By Shri Appannacharya Translated by P.R.Ramachander

Guru Raghavendra Swamy stotra Sloka in English is provided the link Click here . The meaning of the stotra is provided below.

Slokas ( 1 & 2 )

The Guru with complete  intellect who makes us cross the ocean of life,
Like the water which emanates above the eye of the  killer of “God of love”,
Which by the flowing waves washes the feet of Lord Vishnu,
And which has torrential  waves worshipped by crowds of devas ,

And is the lord of life with all qualities and makes a better world,
Has the face which does not see differences between poor and rich,
Which like the group of crocodiles destroy the bad arguments
And  is  being  meditated by sages as the Guru Raghavendra,
And let his words purify us like the divine river.

Sloka 3

Sri Raghavendra who gives us everything,
To those who are filled with devotion to his feet,
Who by his  sight destroys mountains of sins,
Like Indra’s Vajrayudha destroying mountains,
And who is  king of  earth , would protect us always.

Sloka 4

Sri Raghavendra devoted to the feet of Narayana,
Who serves him with all the assets that he has,
Who is god like , who is  similar to the wish giving tree,
Would bless me with all my wishes always.

Sloka 5

He has a holy personality , who burns away sorrow and misery,
Who looks after welfare of the society and is very courageous,,
Who is capable of destroying the effects of evil planets,
And who is like the bridge built to cross the ocean of misery.

Sloka 6

He does not have any thing bad in him and appears fully praiseworthy,
Who by his firm and thoughtful words silences others in argument,
Whose greatness can be full known to only learned people,
And who has conquered others by his mastery of words.

Sloka 7

Let the Guru Raghavendra grant me, children, wealth and devotion,
Special knowledge ,  health and skills with words,
Giving us freedom from all the ills of our body,
And also destroy bad effects from all the diseases.

Sloka 8

The collection of water that washes your feet which helps us to attain all desires,
Which brings innumerable , unsurpassed , illustrious and famous blessings
Which destroys the three types of miseries, blesses with good son saluted by the world,
To the elegant one deprived of them earlier and also destroys the bad effects of planets.

Sloka 9

The sight of the devotee wearing the holy dust of his feet,
Who is drunk with the honey extracted from his lotus like feet,
And who understands and sings the praise of his lotus like feet,
Is the fast spreading fire which destroys our miseries.

Sloka 10                                      

A very independent saint who is well learned,
Who goes on propagating the principles of Madhwa,
Who is the blessed student of Saint Sudheendra,
Who was a blessing of lotus like hand of Vijayeendra,

Sloka 11

The great Saint Raghavendra.
My Guru who takes away fear,
And blesses with wisdom.
Devotion, good children, fame,
And leads to increase of blessed deeds.

Sloka 12

There is no one like Guru Raghavendra,
Who defeats all those who debate against him,
And appears to them very fearful,
And also an expert in all Vedas and arts.

Sloka 13

There is no one like Guru Raghavendra,
Who has directly seen the consort of Lakshmi,
Who has discarded all bad desires,
And who grants us all that we desire.

Sloka 14

There is no one like Guru Raghavendra,
Who is merciful, straight forward and detached,
Who adorns himself with mastery of words,
And who is capable of cursing as well as blessing.

Sloka 15                                                

With the blessings of Guru Raghavendra , ignorance,
Forgetfulness, misunderstanding , doubts , decay of sense,
Lethargy , shaking , stammering would disappear from all organs.,

Sloka 16

Chanting of the eight lettered mantra,
“Om Sri Raghavendraya nama”,
Daily and without any break,
Would lead without doubt to fulfillment of all desires.

Sloka 17

Let the great Guru who has clear understanding of Athma,
Destroy all ills of the body and also those arising out of our mind,
And also similar ills of our friends and relatives.

Sloka 18

He who does these prayers in dawn noon and dusk daily,
Would  without any doubt achieve all that he wants.

Sloka 19

In this world Sri Raghavendra existed with great fame,
And was the moon to the ocean of Philosophy of Sri Madhwa,
And we seek his blessings of this flawless Guru.

Sloka  20

I go round your Brindavana so that I get the effect f all pilgrimages,
I sprinkle on my head the water that has passed through the saint’s Brindavana,
And I get the effect of visiting and sprinkling all the sacred waters.

Sloka  21

For getting all my wishes fulfilled  I salute  you,
And singing about you gives same effect as reading Vedas and other holy books.

Sloka 22

Oh great Guru , save me from this deep , impassable ocean of misery called life,
With crocodile like blemishes which are agitated by ocean wave like desires,
With whirlpools of ignorance and perverse knowledge trying to pull me down,
And great sorrows  which are like worst poisons trying to put me down.

Sloka 23

To him who reads with devotion this prayer to Guru Raghavendra.
Would easily get rid of  diseases  like leprosy .


Sloka 24

A blind person would get sacred sight , a dumb person would gain mastery of words,
And get full term of life, also  get all types of wealth , by repeatedly chanting this stotra.

Sloka 25

He who drinks the water sanctified by recitation of this stotra,
Would get all the diseases of his stomach cured immediately.

Sloka 26


Even a lame or handicapped person approaching this Brindavana,
Chants this stotra, perambulates and salutes it,
Would by grace of the god like Guru,
Would become a great expert in walking

Sloka 27

During the eclipse of Moon or Sun  or during Pushya Star,
He with purity recites this stotra one hundred and eight times,
Will not have troubles from ghosts , ghouls and devils.

Sloka 28

If this prayer  is chanted before the Brindavana of the Guru,
And a light is lit , definitely become wise and also get a son.

Sloka 29

He would get victory over those who argue with him,
Get divine knowledge and his devotion will increase,
And he not get worried about any thing in life,
Because all this desires would be fulfilled.

Sloka 30

Trouble from king, thief , big tiger  or crocodile,
Without any doubt will not occur to him,
Because of the power of this great prayer.

Sloka 31

Those devotees who think of the twin feet of Guru Raghavendra and read,
This divine stotra  will without any doubt  not undergo any problems,


Sloka 32

But also his desired wealth will become plentiful ,
Because of the blessing of Lord Vishnu,
His fame and great prosperity will spread in all directions ,
And the truth of this is witnessed by Lord Hayagreeva himself.



Ithi sree Raghavendrarya  guru prasadatha ,
Krutham storamidham punyam srimad appanna aabhidai.

This is the Stotra composed by Sri Appanna,
Due to the grace of the great Guru Raghavendra.

"Ithi Sri Appanna virachitham
Sri Raghavendra stotram sampoornam."

Thus ends The Raghavendra Stotra written by appannacharya.

"Bharathi ramana mukhya pranathargatha Sri Krishnarpanamasthu."

This great work composed due to the blessing of Guru Raghavendra is submitted to Lord Krishna.

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